With the rest of Europe being controlled in a complex string of alliances and treaties during the later half of the 19th century, Britain remained uninvolved. Their policy of "Splendid Isolation" was to keep themselves out of the quarrels and disputes of continental Europe, and allow th...

During the 1850-1939, the western powers, particularly Britain, came over to Asia. The main reason they came to Asia was because of trade. The British wanted to trade with the Japanese, but mainly the Chinese, for goods such as silk and other things that you couldn't find in Europe. The only pr...

The national history of Iran is one marked by turmoil and conflict, due mostly in part to foreign influences. As the country grappled for self-rule under the leadership of Mossadegh, Britain, and America each tried to intervene with different motives. In the aftermath of World War Two and the rise o...

By any criteria the years following the war of 1812, otherwise known as the "Era of Good Feelings," must be considered a time of exceptional growth and development in the United States, but above all it should be considered a time of evolution and ripening of American nationalism, unifica...

The War of 1812, also called "Mr. Madison's War" and " a second war for independence" was a conflict between the United States of America and Britain. It lasted between 1812 and 1815. Since 1796, France and Britain had been continuously fighting. The United States, rather than take sides, co...

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the nations of Great Britain and The United States. This was a war fought over the rights of non-combatant, neutral nations. Issues of this conflict included impressment, rights to limit the navigation of soverign nations, and how a nation could cope i...

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Britain. Many factors influenced Americans to go to war. They hoped to expand the United States by seizing control of Canada and Florida. Three critical factors that helped Americans decide to go to war were the embargo policies, impressme...

Canada entered World War One as a British Colony and left it with an enlightened sense of nationalism that would eventually lead to the demise of Britain's authority over Canada. The Canadian Army Core, although starting out weak at the beginning of the war, eventually blossomed into a strong force...

There is a great controversy surrounding the Munich Pact and the appeasement of Hitler. Some historians argue that Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of Germany's fuhrer was a great mistake; while others suggest that the British Prime Minister made the right decision in a difficult situati...

Arms Race A major contributing factor to the tensions between the great powers that led to the outbreak of the First World War was the intense competition between them in building armaments. There are mainly 2 races; the naval race and the development of mass armies. In 1889, the British gover...

Political Life before World War II Churchill assumed the position of prime minister in 1940, a few days after the German army pushed into Belgium and Holland. Though he was only appointed after the resignation of Neville Chamberlain, Churchill was by no means a newcomer to warfare or pu...

From 1941to 1944, American and the Allies pursued their goal of defeating "Germany first." Their strategy rested on a key assumption that there would ultimately have to be a massive invasion of Northwest Europe, at the heart of the Axis empire. By creating this second front in Europe, ...

Different people think differently of Australia and its soldiers in the First World War. They have been depicted differently by many sources. It is obvious that there is a general opinion that the Australian soldiers at Gallipoli were eager, determined and very brave. But some have described them in...

The atrocious deeds taken against Germany in the first World War can only be described as unacceptable. It is clear to me that from the beginning of the war the United States undeniably favored Great Britain and France over Germany. The German's were much more considerate than the British and ...

After losing the Battle of Britain in 1940, Germany tried to defeat Britain by sinking its merchant shipping and starving the people. This was mainly the task of the Navy's U-boats (Submarines) and their commander, Admiral Dönitz. In 1936 Germany had signed an agreement that Merchant Navy perso...

The changes in the Victorian Age, approximately 69 years long, contributed more to the advancement of the world than the other two thousand years of it's existence. It was a time of expansion, reform, and technological advancement. Thus mark twain was essentially correct in saying that "...

How legitimate would you judge Britain's reaction to French occupation of Fashoda to have been? Immediately after the Crimean War Britain and France were seen as great allies. And when the scramble of Africa started the main thing Britain did not want to happen was to start a large war with ...

In the 19th Century, countries around the world had been experiencing a disturbing trend. At their own expense, Western powers invaded their lands to obtain personal profit, even if that meant exploiting the natives. This was apparent in Africa, as European countries rushed to obtain as much terri...

20th Century Overview Profound changes occurred in Great Britain in the beginning of the 20th century. Great Britain was in perfect position to become a world power; however, the rise in literacy, the growing power and influence of the Labour Party, and widespread interest in socialist ideology a...

World War II in Europe Before dawn on September 1, 1939, German forces crossed into Poland in an attack so fast and brutal, they called it blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war. This time Britain and France decided to fight, and on September 3 they declared war on Germany. Roosevelt declared the Uni...

COMPARISON OF TRADE RIVALRIES The German-Great Britain trade rivalry like the U.S.-Japan trade rivalry involved a rising power cutting into the trade of an already dominant trading power. There were several causes of the German-Great Britain trade rivalry according to Hoffman. T...

Zimmermann Note Before the United States had entered World War I, Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, and the Alliance System were factors of the First World War. France, Great Britain, and Russia were known as the Triple Entente, Allies. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were...

America's first two presidents, George Washington and John Adams, both resolutely adhered to the idea that America should endeavor to stay out of war at all times, and did everything in their power to evade declaring and entering into war. Throughout their reigns, war was ubiquitous in Eur...

It can be said that neither the United States nor Britain wanted their dispute to end in war, but at this point war was unavoidable. Despite the fact that both the French and the British violated U.S. neutral rights, the British violations appeared to be more blatant because of the British navy&a...

The War of 1812 The war of 1812, supposedly fought over neutral trading rights, was a very peculiar conflict indeed. Britain's trade restrictions, one of the main causes, were removed two days before the war started; the New Englanders, for whom the war was supposedly fought, opposed it; the mo...